Reviews of Melody Lanes NY (Bowling Alley)

Acer C

It has a game area plays music and many lanes

Justin Pan

Hi melody lanes last year my teacher told my class that we were going on a bowling trip. We were all excited even though we never bowled before. After going on the trip all of us had a really good time. We had so much fun that one of the fourth grade teachers, {now fifth grade} decided to let us go again. Everyone was so excited. We are going on October 17. Im so excited!!! From a PS69K Student!

Mark Morel

Cool place to hang and bring the kids

Daniel Ramos

Most of the time it's crowded. Call ahead of time since waiting time could be 2 hours. Has bar, arcade, and fast food.

Carl Jackson

Very nice lanes and bar

Gail Monso

Great place for kids

Noodle

Great lanes my team always competes here ty guys

Ameya Shanbhag

Cheap prices and amazing experience.

Jessica Gross

Great place to bowl fun atmosphereand music videos. They have nice food and drinks. Def would come back

Zev Herskovits

Good bowling place. Very nice people.

Christina C

The price is definitely reasonable It's a good place just to go take your kids bowl and hang out for a while

Cesar Marcos

The worst place... you can’t order anything... they just say “wait 20 minutes” or “you have to wait after clean”.

Bobby blake

I had a party and with my office and everything went well I was satisfied with the staff and how big the bowling alley was. The staff were professional and friendly. We had so much fun at our party. Pricing were really reasonable, thanks for making our experience fun.

Jafari T

A ton of fun. Many lanes to bowl from and everyone enjoyed themselves. I would come back here again easily.

D Bennett

love the place and staff is great.

Katrina Bailey

This place is very good and I Love the Yummy food that you want

Leigh Balderrama

Extremely run down and over priced

bee wolk

Great local bowling place!

Steve

It's a decent bowling place. It's not the nicest but it's one of the few bowling places in Brooklyn.

Beatriz Rivera

Nice clean bowling alley fit for any age! Bathroom is pretty clean , food is good too. They have certain specials through out the week as well

Kristoffer Harris

Great local family fun

kazi nur

Such a nice place to bowl....great vibe even though the food is really expensive like 1 small fries is $3:50. So wouldn't recommend you eating here but the bowling alley is really cool!!

Leen Jabri

One of the worst experiences I have ever had. Staff are so unprofessional and the manager too. The machine went down and the technician support took 20 mins to fix it. The manager didn’t accept to give our time back, she lost many customers!! Word of advice you don’t want to go there. There are tons of places to enjoy and be respected.

jeffrey M

I Came here with my family to bowl and and we definitely had so much fun! This place is huge and has good food and beverages selections for you while you bowl. Everything was fairly priced and we were happy with that. Also the whole staff was cool.

Chris Robles

One of the best places I have ever went to. A great Bowling alley. Not too cold but not to hot either.

eugenia abad

Brooklyn needs another bowling alley ASAP! This place is absolutely terrible. The woman at the counter is so rude to everyone! Lanes are constantly out of sync and when you "dare" to ask them to fix it you get yelled at by her. Super expensive over the weekend. It'll run you $45/hr plus rental of shoes per person... now account the time you waste getting those lanes in sync. I ate the food once there. NEVER AGAIN.

Roberto Valdez

im very big on bowling, and this is the spot to go. close to the neighborhood and very affordable

Matthew Jones

We took 15 students here on a field trip. Facilities are clean and well maintained. The staff were friendly and assisted with setting us up.

Luis Rosas

The front desk lady was very rude. And very inconsiderate. I had had my two young boys and she was not accommodating. She seemed irritated by our presence. She was dismissive and it put a damper on the evening. My family and I will not be returning.

Demetrius Alston

The place made me and a bunch of my buddies feel younger than we are... We all left smiling

C. Derek Martin

Inexpensive bowling.. great music.. fun time

Jzon Gonzalez

Always a great time here just get there early it's gets busy at night

Laura Ballack

Disappointed ... Place was okay ... Workers were a bit rude and unhelpful ... They refused to put on the bumpers for the lanes :(

Rachel Fischer

Fun place, a bit overpriced though

Velmont Miller

If you want to bowl in sunset you come here, food and good family fun, a pro shop and great deals all week long.

james jackson

Eh cool but ghetto lol. I still had fun even with all the antics

Abe Madeb

Very old hardware and took longer waiting for pins to line up than actually bowling

Abraham cohen

Nice staff little noisy but what bowling alley isnt

Johnathan Diaz

One of the last and oldeat Bastions of bowling. After they closed Maple and Mark Lanes this is the last of the once great south brooklyn bowling alleys.

Esperanza Tisdale

Love this place! Went for my birthday last year and had an amazing time. The drinks are fab, the games are fun, and the atmosphere is really nice. Good spot for a date or small party!

Ace Killed

It was a fun time evrything worked fine and everyone working in the place was nice

Patrick Bland

Sometimes on Fridays we go here after work. not a bad place for inconspicuous bachelors like me

John Moreno

This is a really nice gem in the neighborhood. The lanes are clean and the crowd is alright. Prices are fair and the drinks were good too. The bartender may wander around though so just be sure someone can take you turn when you run out to the well.

Eva Perez

I never had so much fun in my life. But I never went bowling. It was the first time bowling ever. I had a Blast

Leonel Urena

Nice I LiKE

tatiana gilder

I love the atmosphere certain security guards don’t make you feel safe/disrespectful.

Mateo Galan

service wasnt to great and there food was kinda bad, the bowling place itself was average (only reason it dosent have a 2)

Steve Ostine

Great place to bowl and have fun

Timothy M. Gaffney

Awesome place. The nicest staff. New state of the art equipment.

Secretary Jackson

Great place to have fun good prices. Bowling good atmosphere

MADDESS TING

Great place but the only thing is they needed to update the place. They need new balls and may a few update around the place. Other than that it’s a environment is great.

Sarah Breamil

Truly an establishment. This is where my parents met and I literally owe my life to this place. Still going strong!

Calvin Pillay

Great place for a drinks with friends and fun night bowling. Very reasonably priced and great specials depending on the day.

Jackson

Medium sized location with friendly owner. Came with a group of 4 and we were ready to start bowling within 15 minutes. Lanes were nice and easy to use for beginners but it could have definitely been easier to understand. Food and arcade area was nice but seemed like an afterthought to the main attraction, which is perfectly understandable. Can be somewhat pricey but is well worth it for a good tome. Would recommend, but be wary of some rowdy kids, otherwise everyone usually keeps to their own lane.

Mike Jones

Average bowling alley. Not too expensive. About 8 bucks a game. About 4 bucks for shoe rental. They could use better balls. My fingers never fit one ball

Erica

We had a great time, however lane 1 doesn't have a table for food.

Vladislav Zborovskiy

Great place for fun! Simple, but has everything you will need. Friendly stuff and shiny lanes, just come and roll the ball!

Marvyn Alleyne

Good environment, food is pretty good. Wonderful spot to take family and friends.

Che Matias

A bit run down and out dated but it’s ok to bowl

Jon Grabelle Herrmann

We had our kid's bowling party here, but overall this is the only bowling place I go to in NYC. It's a regular alley. Nothing fancy, which is how it should be

tima kollie

We always have a good time at Melody Lanes. Music was great

Zeneta Romney-Thomas

Great experience for the family. Bowling and having fun. Clean place to eat

Jose Perez

Needs to upgrade food vending area, otherwise I like the family atmosphere.

Richard Watson

The wait can be long on a weekend night but just head right over to the bar for a few beers and it's worth the wait. The bartender is a friendly older man and he makes the time fly by. The woman in the front in charge of the bowling was very friendly and sweet. To get food was confusing though seemed like the lady in charge of the food part didn't really want to be bothered or was over whelmed so we wound up not ordering anything but besides that I would deff come back for a few beers and to bowl.

Darnell Green

Beautiful People with a great establishment

Mike Trapanese

The bartender here is a true gem and a cinephile

Kenice

Good place to go bowling, nothing exceptional. Place is clean and staff is helpful and available to answer questions.

Faye

Had a friend who worked here, please pay your workers an actual livable wage.

#Paparocksee #Intertainment

Bowling on the DARK SIDE. Cool spot. Drinks, and people were great. This is for physical activity. Good meeting place, better for couples. Get your size right, bowl like a pro, or just have fun and drink

Dave N

It's a good place

Corin Perdomo

A great place to go with the kids and also for birthdays!!! Very neighborhood spot to go!! Very good prices and so much fun I love bowling also have a food court and a bar for when you don’t want to bring the kids excellent draft prices and there lemon drops are surprisingly tasty

Butter M

Went on a Saturday night and this place gets packed. $ 22 bowling special must be the attraction and it is a good deal. Wait time varies so be prepared. Didnt try the food but like there is a vending machine that you can get socks from. There is a bar with TV sets to watch the football games if you dont want to bowl. The music was very diverse and love it when the lights go out.

laura solise

Very nice service. Bartender was on point. Old guy with grey hair...

Jeffery Misrati

Popular and beautiful number 1 hope you live 120

Elisa Rivera

Old school place but pretty decent. Food was ok but very pricey!!

Riz On

Best bowling place for a party. kinda overpriced though!

Yadira Salas

They lady at the front desk is VERY RUDE!! She told us there was a 40 minute wait and we really wanted to play so we waited. 2 hour after still nothing. Every time we ask how much longer she kept saying 15 minutes, but nothing. We just left that place. Avoid it if posible.

Narine Lall

Good place for family and bowling bar nice add on food okay

Matt Knapp

Classic bowling alley. Cheap fun and beer, food I wouldn't touch and perfectly attentive yet crass staff. All that to say it's perfect and I wouldn't change a thing. So happy to live close by. Will visit again with my buds.

Nefatiry Brown

Had fun bowling. Regular bowling alley with specials on the weekends and some weekdays. Only thing I didn't like is my friends and I went to the kitchen to order food and they ignored us for 20 minutes then said the kitchen was closed smh. Good thing there's a 24 hr McDonald's up the block

Johnnie Britt III

The floor is to waxed & some of the people is very rude.. But everything else was good

yaffa hartman

Lots of lanes. Some sorta food counter. (Where you can't get ice, even if you pay for it). A bar. Not very professional staff. But friendly if you're friendly to them. Some arcade games. The lanes are old. Some don't work so well. But good enough for a wholesome outing.

Kate Santos

Fun, but it was hot in there.

Meaghan Rocha

I politely called to ask about wait times and the woman who took my call yelled at me, saying "there's an hours wait". I then tried to ask her about reservations and she continued to yell at me. She was so loud my roommate could hear her.

Cakey Silver

There's a place for everyone a gaming place bathrooms the ally of course a bar hang out spots tons of things to do

Gabriel Barab

Came here for a surprise party for my good friend Jimmy on his 25th birthday. It was a weeknight so the only other people there were some ultra-orthodox Lubavitchers who happened to be bowling prodigies. They hurled their marmoreal orbs with preternatural strength. The pitchers of beer were cheap. The cantankerous fellow behind the bar was like a character out of a Coen brothers film with sideburns of ursine splendor.

T Alexander

Good vibes, went early in the afternoon. No hassle

Monserrat's Sweet drops

Lovely bowling alley you can have Partys and just go there for fun. There's a place that can give you food and drinks

DT

Well the prices have definitely gone up since the last time I was at the alley...$8 per game is just cray cray. The people working at the food counter left a lot to be desired. They were slow, kind of rude, and not pleasant at all. And slooow...the bathroom us also tiny.

Brian Joergens

Great music and fun bowling. Drinks are generally good bit don't count on quick food.

Ron Freeman

Nice.. But... People need to understand lane manners.

Kevin Rodriguez

I haven't been here in a while. But, have you ever thought about doing Teen leagues? Kids in the neighborhood need another place to escape.

Joseph Ortiz

It's A Great Place To Go Bowling At Any Given Time Of The Daytime And The Nighttime At The Sametime!:-)

Uzbslam

The bowling was alright but the lady at the front ruined the whole thing. Hope they hire a new person instead of her. It was me & my friends first time bowling and we asked for the border bumpers and she denied us even though I told her it was our first time. My friend asked her again politely to put the border bumpers up , and she said " You know what ....." and folled us back and put everbodys border pumpers back down. Everybody was complaing. I will never come back here.

Daphne Parris

Great customer service, my friends and I really enjoyed ourselves.

ozer katz

It was just great! Bar and pricing !

I'm not high. You're low.

Not bad. Small arcade decent food. Cool for birthdays

Jack Liu

Equipments were old. Bartender is interesting. Would come back for the specials. Met expectations overall.

Jocelyn Weyz

Great place to bowl with family or friends! Only bad thing is the bar, the old man at the bar doesn’t give good service at all. Another thing he did was give me cups that were used already never washed and when I told him about it he knew but acted like it was nothing.

Makeda Dawson

Bowling was good, the space there is very tight per lane when it's crowded and the food service definitely left lots to be desired. The cook could only fry up one burger on the grill at a time. ONE.

James Watkins

This place rules! Excellent price for excellent bowling. Don’t miss out!

jerry laster

This place has it all. The bowling, arcade and even a full bar. A gathering place for families and serious players alike, always lively and open till late.

Anthony Rallo

Solid place for 6-10 year old birthday party if you’ve run out of ideas or need an indoor party. The food brings it down a star as it’s barely edible. When the kids comment on the quality you have to wonder.

m barraje

Too dark. They should let you bring in your own food bc awful bipolar woman hates taking food orders. Simple questions overwhelm her emotions with anger and lacks self control. Then the bartendr in 1975 suit is only good at pouring shots or giving you a beer. Never going there again

z gaming

It's an amazing bowling alley. I love the mightily joyful spirits cheering, and supporting each other. In addition the food there isn't bad and are quite the munchies. However, I believe that they really di need more employees. From what I've seen when I go to Melody lanez, the employees tend to get overwhelmed by the large amount of people, that is often there and it truly gets to them.

Kyle

Oh my God why is bowling here so expensive? I understand that this is Brooklyn New York but come on. I went out the other day with a couple of buddies to go bowling and we ended up renting shoes and playing two games... This ran me a 56 bucks. I've never paid this much to bowl in my entire life. The balls are pretty old and I had to go back to the attendant several times to fix some problems with the game. Typically I would give it two stars but hey, everything is expensive in New York. Gotta get used to it.

Moshe Fromowitz

It was a lot of fun. But is was so hot there no ac just a few fans

GinoTv jinglinbaby

Good drinks n food great time

Hannah Meiklejohn

Had lots of fun bowling with friends here. Great for groups or Birthday parties, but be sure to arrive early to get a lane under your name. Lane quality, shoes, and ball selection are so-so, but worth a night out if you're looking for something to do indoors.

Scott Middleton

Incredible old style big ball bowling alley! Note the list of 300 bowlers of the last fifty years. Note that the frequency of 300 games is on the rise. May you some day climb that mountain.

Wolfgang Haas

great bowling. was a potential movie spot for the big lebowski 2 shooting. nice staff

Lisa Cox

Had an awesome time bowling with friends. Platters are a little pricey. But fast and prompt service.

Johnny Cruz

Had a nice time. The staff was great.

frank nieves Jr.

It's ok but the service could be way better.

Judy Flores

This place is always busy. The lady at the desk can be nasty sometimes.

Ellsworth Gibbs

Friendly and accommodating staff with one of the friendliest bartenders around. Great value for drinks and reasonable prices you’d expect for food at a bowling alley. Really good value for the Friday night all you can bowl (must at least have group of 4 for special price). Will definitely go back.

CookieCre

Great place, great good, and nice respectful workers

Michael Desarlo

Went here as a teenager and place still looks the same. Old music bad food. Aw the memories!

Jose Cosme

Prefect birthday! Thank you!!!

Jay Glauber

Best bowling Lanes in Brooklyn. No long lines, Friendly staff!

Richard Ramos

Was very lit

Alonso Gutigon

The staff and even tho owner were rude, took for ever and were super unprofessional towards us. Very disappointed about this place

לוי לוי

Nice place. A little bit loud.

Wayne Jason Gilbert

Still one of the go to places to bowl in my area. Great place to have a Birthday party too.

Andrzej Ugni

Sometimes I like to come here with friends. I am glad that the establishment has not only a bowling alley, but also a food court. There you can choose food and drinks. affordable prices. enjoy the company and the game

Alex Buran

Fun, classic bowling alley with lots of weird low class patrons and lack of available balls to throw. No parking lot available. Have to look for street parking.

Chris Kaminski

Just joined my second league...looking forward to another fun season. Renovations look like they are going well and the food is pretty good. Pete the bartender is a legend. Marianne behind the desk is great too.

Ana Hernandez

The worst place I went paid for half hour they gave me 10 mins when I went to the front desk and complained the lady with the blonde hair, argued that I did play when I timed it she gave me an attitude and didn't give me the time nor money back.. she was disgusting and very nasty old woman.

John Speck

Awesome, no frills bowling alley. Snack bar, arcade, there is everything you need for a homespun birthday celebration. Pro Tip: order catering in advance for large groups.

Crystal Vargas

My daughter been bowling here for years and she loves it.

Mendel Stroh

It's a quiet place in the area would highly recommend

Juan Pablo Baene

For us the best plan is to do a taco crawl in the neirborhood before or after bowling. Mrlody Lanes NY is this lovely place. I would love that one day it will be possible to eat GOOD tacos and bowl at the same time there.

Luis Adrián Martínez López

I did enjoy playing bowling with friends here but the place has some downside. It was fun, and the price for 5 people for two hours was really worth it. Now, the location feels like it needs some renovation. For us, time was important (we paid for two hours) but our lane presented problems twice and we waited more than 7 minutes each time for them to fix it. Shoes were okay, and seats too. If taking account what we paid, felt okay. Now, the person in charge of preparing the food was another story. I felt I was bothering whenever I tried to order some food. I did order a Cheeseburger and mozzarella sticks. I liked the bread, and burguer and mozzarella sticks were okay too. No any big surprise for a 6 dollars burger. I didn't get to talk with barman, so I can't comment about that department. I think it is a great place if price is the priority. I liked it, and probably if I just want to play bowling with a cheaper price, I'd visit again.

Ray Mullen

Great Center. Always has been a nice clean family and party spot. Major renovations in progress. Support them Brooklyn.

Elisa Gupta

Great lanes and inexpensive

Alfreda James

Great bowling experience

shenell green

My son and I love this place! The food is pretty good and the staff is very polite and friendly. They also have a bar

Aviva Wallach

Nice clean and I won both games yeah!!

Sydney Wood

the lady on the phone is extremely rude. it made me not even want to go there. i tried to ask about hours and prices since the website was a bit unclear and she said "i don't know what to tell you. you just have to come in. if it's busy, wait. if it's not, fine." i was trying to tell her when i planned on coming in, and she rudely and loudly interrupted me to ask how many people were coming. it was just disrespectful. also, looking through these reviews, there are multiple complaints about that woman. i don't know how she still has a job there.

Dianne Franklin

They are a fun bowling alley and the food is actually pretty good.

good angels15

I’ve been here and had a great time. But I want to come here after my prom with some friends, at 10pm,is that possible?

Shuwen Zeng

Horrible services!! The staffs were horrible also

T D

A great time. It has that mom and pop feel with the benefits of modernization. They have great specials. It's clean. Bathrooms were clean. People are nice. You'll definitely enjoy the place when you're with the right people. They have an arcade and snack shop in the back along with a bar as soon as you walk in.

Matt Meany

Very small for a bowling alley but it's still a pretty good time. There is food in the back and a bar as well. Reasonably priced and an overall a good time but was way too packed.

Delvia Jennings

Fun late night bowl

StevandKar Auguste

Went with a group of coworkers. I don't know if it was the cashier who didn't like a co-worker or if the cashier was busy, but popcorn was ordered and I don't remember the popcorn ever appearing. There are different sized bowling balls to bowl with. You get bowling shoes as well. The music was eclectic and I feel threw off our games (we weren't good bowlers but when certain songs came on, it seemed to get us in bowling mood. It was a great place to hang out with coworkers.

Alisha Aguasanta

Good for a few games. Looks sketchy and bar is very sad/overpriced/prices are arbitrary. Machines are old. The only friendly person was the lady that gave us our shoes.

Sam Moorman

I would highly recommend NOT going to this poorly run establishment. My family came in town from Germany for a night of bowling. They used their credit card to pay. The card for some reason did not work after swiping it twice. So I used my American card and was charged over $60 for the evening. A few days later we noticed that the German card was charged. So we were charged TWICE. A simple mistake. I called and was told that the manager would take a look and call me back later. NO CALL BACK happened. A few days later I called again and once again was told that they would take a look and call me back that day. It’s been nearly a month... NO CALL BACK and NO REFUND. This establishment is a ramshackle hot mess, with no A/C, which hasn’t been updated since the 90’s and the people working there that evening seemed like they could care less. We payed for an allotted amount of time that said would give us 2 games and the lanes turned off at the beginning of the second game. We didn’t even get to finish! And avoid the aging bartender at all cost. He was a jerk. It may be cheap but you get what you pay for. If I could give them a zero stars I would. Stealing people’s money is a crime. Avoid this place at all costs

Butter Fly

The staff is rude an the girls had there hands in they hair while handling the food. My lane was broken an all I got was rudeness, I pay for 3 hours of bowling which isn't cheap an all I got was disgust. I'm never going back there. The glow in the dark lanes was like regular cuz the lights was on, omg not again. Dont follow what is online about this place being good.

simcha m

Great

Mike Levak

Old run down bowling alley. Several times our lanes broke down (lane 1-3). Food is not good and drink selection is minimal. The bar moves slow. Please needs a facelift to keep up with the crowd.

dannyg24

Terrible service got no assistance when I needed it and when I asked for a refund the lady said i couldn’t get my money back

Luis Lucero

The Front desk lady was very rude, they should fire her. The owners should realize the only reason they’re receiving bad reviews is because of the lady. Me and my friends are already planning on going to a BETTERRR KINDDERRR PLACEE.

isaiahdoeseverything '

It was great great food great staff

Dave Vasquez

Great place to have some fun

Christian Strickland

Lil family bowling joint. Kid friendly

Lourdy Mondesir-Hughes

Nice bowling alley! Great place for bowling themed parties!

Sulayman Conklin

It wasn't really crowded and it was cheap.